Statistics specification: Processing in Finland and abroad

Title of statistics

Processing in Finland and abroad

Collector

Finnish National Board of Customs

Description

These statistics describe the import of goods in Finland for processing, the export of goods processed in Finland, the export of goods from Finland for processing abroad, and the import of goods processed abroad back in Finland.

Data content

Processing refers to goods imported or exported without compensation and returned to the country of departure after so-called wage work. When goods are imported/exported to be processed, their values are recorded to statistics; and when they are returned to the country of departure, the sums of those values and the values added by processing are recorded to the statistics. Goods processed / to be processed are also included in the trade statistics.

According to the CN categories, these statistics indicate the values of goods imported / exported for processing, the export values of the goods processed in Finland, and the import values of the goods processed abroad.

Furthermore, the statistics present the values of goods imported in Finland for processing and the values of goods processed in Finland, according to the most important CN4-level headings and countries.

Data collecting method

Regarding the EU Member States, the statistical data on goods processed/to be processed are collected through Intrastat declarations, and regarding countries not in the EU, through customs declarations.

Applied classifications

The compilation of statistics on commodities is based on the Combined Nomenclature CN of the EU. Export is recorded by the countries of destination according to the FOB ("free on board") value and import by the countries of origin according to the CIF ("cost, insurance and freight") value.

The country classification is based on the Commission Regulation (EC, 1833/2006) on the nomenclature of the countries and territories for the external trade of the Community and the internal trade between the Member States. The country codes comply with those of the ISO/DIS 3166 standard of the International Organization for Standardization.

Uppdating frequency

Annually

Completion or publication date

These statistics are not published since 2005. Data on years after 2004 are accessible at special request only at the Statistics Unit of the National Board of Customs.

Time series

Data exist since 1981. Electronic data are available on CD-ROM from 2000 to 2004. Data on years earlier than these exist in print at the reading room or in the archives of the Statistics Service.

Keywords

import, export, processing, foreign trade

Contact information

National Board of Customs / Statistics Unit
Statistics Service, Tel. +358 20 690 603
E-mail: statistics[at]tulli.fi    (replace [at] in the address with @)
Internet: www.tulli.fi
Statistical database Uljas: uljas.tulli.fi

 

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